Patient Stories

Act F-A-S-T for Strokes

After a long night of work at US Airways, all Ron Wilson of Peabody wanted to do was sleep. After a short nap, he got up because he had to take his children to school. But when he stood up, he noticed that he couldn’t feel the right half of his body. When he tried talking, his words were not coming out the right way. But, he did not want to scare his young children by calling the ambulance in front of them. Read more